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A West Perth-based medical marijuana company has leased part of a US crop so it has skin in the game when it seeks cultivation licences in California. RxMM Health chief executive Ross Lyndon-James said the pilot program would position the firm to bid for licences in 2018. 'To be eligible, you...

Two proposals are being pushed by Republican state lawmakers that would make it harder for medical marijuana patients to access their medication. Both want to amend the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act to limit which types of doctors can issue referrals for medical weed, establish stricter...

California's largest organization of practicing physicians, the California Medical Association, announced Monday that it is backing a proposed 2016 ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. A coalition of entrepreneurs, activists, environmentalists and state politicians...

Members of the House Republican caucus heard pitches Tuesday for two approaches to legalizing medical marijuana, but House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, said the caucus likely won't take a position on the issue. "We had that debate in there, and some of that stuff can just fly. However it...

Medical marijuana is officially on the 2016 ballot. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Ken Detzner certified the medical marijuana initiative as Amendment 2 on the 2016 ballot. "It's official: Medical marijuana is back on the ballot as Amendment 2," said John Morgan, chairman of United for...

Three Florida nurseries filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking for an injunction to delay the state's medical marijuana process in three of five state regions. McCrory's Sunny Hill Nursery, San Felasco Nurseries and Tornello Landscape's 3 Boys Farm filed the suit in Leon County Circuit Court against...

Patients and caretakers for Virginians with severe epilepsy gathered outside the General Assembly building Tuesday. They're asking lawmakers to help them gain easier access to medical marijuana. Last year, the legislature and governor agreed to provide legal protection at state level for those...

As public support for marijuana legalization continues to rise and after 23 states plus the District of Columbia legalized it for medical use, questions about how traditional health care plays a role in the industry are becoming more pressing. Medical marijuana cannot be covered by health...

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich on Tuesday directed Los Angeles County departments to enact a 45-day moratorium on the manufacturing, testing or cultivation of medical marijuana in the county's unincorporated areas while the effects of a ban are studied. The county already forbids dispensing...

A burst of applause filled the supervisors chambers shortly after 3 p.m. as Tuolumne County instituted local rules for growing medical pot. The action followed well over an hour's worth of public comments, many from medical cannabis patients and growers speaking in favor of the...

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors approved a ban on commercial medical marijuana delivery services at Tuesday's board meeting and adopted a permit system for private cultivation in code approved structures. According to county officials, the board considered the amendments to its ordinance...

A bill that would tighten safety and security measures for the production of medical marijuana plus limit the medical specialties of the doctors allowed to prescribe it was approved Tuesday by a House subcommittee. The Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee voted 12-0, with no one voicing...

After more than two hours of debate, selectmen Tuesday night voted to sign a "letter of non-opposition" for a nonprofit corporation to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Route 9. About 40 people filled the selectmen's meeting room to weigh in, with the majority worried about the...

Parker Salemme and his twin brother Jackson Salemme were best friends. The North Codorus Township boys were inseparable, according to their mother, Cara Salemme. "My guy was a perfectly normal kiddo," she said In 2011, then-5-year-old Jackson caught a virus, leaving him with a form of...

In a move that could have implications for federal marijuana laws, 21 members of Congress are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to do away with a policy that bans VA doctors from discussing medical marijuana treatments with patients. According to the lawmakers, the prohibition creates...

You might think the 18th-annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert would be a hippie-ridden, dreadlocked-Rasta smoke-out, but the organizer, who goes by the name Flash, would tell you to sit your blunt down. For him, it's education over sedation. "We want people to learn at the event and then...

Talk of medical marijuana in the state of Tennessee continue. State Representative Bryan Terry, who represents a portion of Rutherford County, said that a bill by one lawmaker may be revisited that focuses on cannabis research... The bill that died in 2015 called for the tracking of medical...

A new medical marijuana dispensary has opened it's doors in Dartmouth. Monday was the first day of business for Tasty Budd's Compassion Club Inc., a wellness clinic located at 958 Cole Harbour Rd. According to owner Mal McMeekin, the dispensary makes it a lot easier for patients with medical...

Irritable bowel syndrome, osteoarthritis and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – all can be painful conditions. Many doctors say medical marijuana can provide relief. But not here in Illinois. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez explains why certain patients are being shut out of the state medical...

Illinois advocates are pushing to add Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to the conditions eligible for medical marijuana. Lon Hodge is a Vietnam veteran. He suffers from PTSD and experiences panic attacks and suicidal thoughts. He says marijuana helps him cope with those symptoms. Illinois...